The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-10-29
NEWS GLEANINGS.

iio dt l9t. Louio ou tiie ZEu, uestTOfeu
nearly 400, 600 worth of property, the
principal losers being the Woolman-
Todd Company, wholesale boots and
shoes, the Scarrett Furniture Company
and Leonari Roos, furrier. Total insur-
anca about 100000.
The bronze statue of Lincoln, present
ed to the City of Chicago by Eli Bates,
was unveiled in Lincoln Park, on the
22d. The Grafton was delivered by
Leonard SWEET
Three men were instantly killed and
three others seriously Injured at Bristol
Conn, on the 22d. by the explosion OF
an oven in the japanning works of j. Ii.
Sessions q Sons.
A joint debate of politico-labor ma
ture took place in New York on the
night of the 23d, between Henry George
and Editor Shevitch. The best of feel
ing existed, but the police were called
upon once or twice to preserve order.
On the 23d was promulgated the
amendment to the Mexican constitution
permitting election to the presidency
for two consecutive terms.
Amer Green, the alleged murderer of
Luella Mabbitt, was taken from Jail at
Delphi, Ind, by mob of 250 on the
night of the 22d and hanged in q neigh
boring grove.
At Berea, O., on the Goth, the foundry
and planning mill of the Cleveland Stove
Company were destroyed by fire. Loss
$50, ,000.
During the races at Memphis, Tenn.
on the Goth, an interruption was caused
by the sudden death from heart disease
of President Montgomery, Of the Jockey
Club.
Frank Brunette was fatally hurt at
Houghton, Mich, by falling from a
building.
Mrs. John Honns, of Michigan City,
drowned her 3-year-old child and COM
mitted suicide.
Indictments have been found against
all the officers of the wrecked Fidelity
Bank, of Cincinnati.
A great deal of valuable property was
destroyed in the vicinity of New Or
leans, La, by storm.
William Walker, importer of dress
trimmings at New York, failed Wednes-
day for $l25,000, due principally to
European firms.
w. Ill. Harvey, a prominent mine
owner of Cleveland, O., shot himself
The suicide is due to the excessive use
of chloral
An attempt was made to assassinate
f. j. Cullembine, the train master of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Road, at
Aurora, for discharging an employe of
the company.
Timothy Bros, dry goods, Nashville,
Tenn, fail for 5000, ,0U0.
The whisky trust is planning to adj
vance the price of liquors.
Another body has been found IN the
ruins of the collapsed parochial school
building at New York.
Eleven cars loaded with cattle were
wrecked at Petersburg, D. T., and En-
gineer John Streeter killed. Open
switch
The cases of the imprisoned state Off
GERS of Virginia will come up before the
United States supreme court in Novem-
ber. Meanwhile the prisoners will be
set at liberty under bonds of 81 900.
Henry Borcher, an employe of New
Orleans telephone company, was in
stantly killed by electricity. Wires he
was repairing became crossed, he COM
pleted circuit and was thrown into the
air
The fishing schooner Rebecca Nicker-
son is supposed to have been lost on
the banks, with her crew of nineteen
men, during the great gale of Septem-
Der g. All the rest of the fleet have re-
turned safely.
By the forfeiture of land grant in
Northern Michigan to the Marquette,
Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad Com
pany, nearly 100000 acres of land have
been opened to settlement, and the
tract will soon be entirely occupied by
homesteaders.
The coal miners along the Mononga-
hela and Youghiogheny Rivers have de-
manded an advance of cent per bushel
i'll the mining rate. The operators have
refused the demand, and the matter has
been referred to board of arbitration.
Fire at Syracuse, n. V, destroyed
three large business houses. The losses
aggregate $40, 900; insurance about
100000.
Three men were burned to crisp in
a boarding house at Lake Edwards,
Que, on the night of the 18th.
Fire in the packing department of
Adams & Co.'s Glass Works, Pittsburg,
on the 18th, destroyed the entire plant.
Loss S75, 600.
Emil Wagner was killed at Houghton,
Mich, by coming in contact with an
electric light wire.
Richard Williams fell to the bottom of
a mine, 500 feet, near Marquette, Mich,
and was killed